" Council member Mike Kasperzak was critical of the city's increasingly expensive union contracts, which are the major cause of a recurring $4 million deficit projected over the next few years.

Residents "are losing their jobs, their wages are being cut," Kasperzak said. "We're asking them to pay more for less. What it comes down to is we have to do all these cuts so we can do wage increases" for city employees. He added that he may not be able to support the budget in June if the labor groups do not share the pain."

Top 10 Mtn.View Fire personnel make greater than $210,000... Next 10 make over $190,000......Daily Post, Tuesday, April 7, 2009......How much did this group contribute to the campaigns of our council members?

If the taxpayers/residents don't voice an opinion to the council, how will they know of their dissatisfaction? If residents don't like the way our dollars are being spent, go to council meetings, send emails about these ridiculous expenditures.

Posted by Ellen Murray
a resident of Monta Loma
on May 22, 2009 at 7:04 pm

The Roosevelt administration funded artists, as well as artisans -- and refurbished a great city (New York) during the Great Depression. Artists need to work too, and the art work (and the fire station) will be long admired after our recession is over.

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